Wyden: ADW Capital launched with under $500K, finishing year one at $8M–$9M
Adam Wyden · Adam Wyden - ADW Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.37) · Sep 22, 2022 · at 8:29
Adam Wyden, founder of ADW Capital, reflects on the founding and early asset growth of his investment fund in 2011 with PAR Technology CEO Savneet Singh.
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“The fund was a little under 500,000 dollars. I lived at home, kept costs low and distractions low. And I finished year one at about eight or nine million dollars.”
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